Rohit Sharma to lead India in T20Is against Sri Lanka

New Delhi, Dec 4 (Cricketnmore) - Rohit Sharma will lead the 15-member squad in absence of Virat Kohli for the three-match Twenty20 International (T20I) series against Sri Lanka, starting on December 20, it was announced on Monday.

The first match will be played in Cuttack, followed by Indore and Visakhapatnam.

All-rounder Hardik Pandya, who was rested for the ongoing three-Test series against Sri Lanka, has been included in the T20I squad while Lokesh Rahul, Shreyas Iyer, Manish Pandey, Dinesh Karthik and the veteran Mahendra Singh Dhoni retain their places.

The selectors however, decided to rest Shikhar Dhawan ahead of next month's tour of South Africa which leaves Rahul and Rohit as the specialist openers in the squad.